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2015 Nest company gift guide.

There are a lot of traditions at Nest. Wednesday barbecues, Friday paper airplane battles, weekly drinks at the local bar. But my personal favorite is this. The annual gift guide. It’s not a highly curated piece of marketing – it’s just the good, weird, funny, unexpected, bizarre or entirely sensible ideas of everyone at this company.

And if this isn’t enough, I highly recommend the wish lists from 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

Gifts for drinkers.

Ken suggests everyone warm their spirits with this hot rum mix. Just follow his recipe: A hot 6 ounces of half and half or milk in place of water. One shot of 75% dark rum, 25% brandy, 1 heaping tablespoon of the batter (or a little more). Now it’s happy holidays.

And if you like seeing people cry at Christmas, try YeYe’s suggestion of a wistful wooden photo box.

Gifts for lovers of the thoughtful home.

Daniel wants Philips Hue lights that you can control from your phone. They also learn when you’re gone from your Nest Thermostat and turn on and off to scare away intruders.

Dina is giving out Chamberlain MyQ garage openers because they let you open or close the garage door from anywhere. Plus Chamberlain can talk to your Nest Thermostat so it knows when you come and go to save energy.

Anton is a big fan of the Haiku fan. It’s super efficient and works with your Nest Thermostat to save energy.